Élie Halévy (poet)
Élie Halévy , also Élie Ḥalfan , Élie Chalfan and Élie Halfon-Halévy (* 1760 in Fürth near Nuremberg ; † November 5, 1826 in Paris ) was a French poet and author. He is the father of Fromental and Léon Halévy .
Life
Halévy was born in Fürth . He went to Paris at an early age, where he became cantor and ambassador of the Jewish Consistoire in Paris. Through his knowledge of the Talmud and his poetic talent, he earned the respect of many French students, especially the well-known orientalist Silvestre de Sacy . His first poem was the hymn Ha-Shalom , written on the occasion of the Peace of Amiens ; it was sung in the synagogue of Paris, both in Hebrew and in French, on the 17th Brumaire (which corresponds to November 8th) 1801. The poem was highly praised by the evangelical pastor Marron. In 1808 Halévy wrote a prayer which was recited on the occasion of the anniversary of the Battle of Wagram ; In 1817, with the help of some of his co-religionists, he founded the weekly newspaper L'Israélite Français , which was discontinued after two years. To this periodical he contributed a remarkable dialogue called Socrate et Spinosa . His Limmude Dat u-Musar ( Metz , 1820) is a religious textbook, compiled from texts from the Bible , provided with commentaries and a French translation, as well as the resolutions of the Sanhedrin , which was installed by Napoleon . Halévy left two unpublished works: a Hebrew-French dictionary and an essay on Aesop's fables. He attributed the fables to Solomon and believed that the name "Aesop" is a form of "Asaph".
His son is the French composer and music teacher Jacques Fromental Halévy .
Publications
- Instruction religieuse et morale à l'usage de la jeunesse israélite , 1820.
literature
- The text is based on the Jewish encyclopedia by Isidore Singer and Max Seligsohn
- General Journal of Judaism 1839, Supplement No. 1;
- Léon Halévy , in Univ. Isr. Xviii. 274-276;
- Grätz , Gesch. 2d ed., Xi. 217-218;
- William Zeitlin , Bibl. Post-Mendels. pp. 133-134
Individual evidence
- ↑ Isidore Singer, M. Seligsohn: Halévy (Ḥalfan), Élie . JewishEncyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halévy, Élie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ḥalfan, Élie; Chalfan, Élie; Halfon-Halévy, Élie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French poet and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1760 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fürth near Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1826 |
| Place of death | Paris |